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Anchor lead: Even as we wait for a Covid-19 vaccine, the process of vaccine development has been vastly improved, Elizabeth Tracey reports A given year’s flu vaccine has often not quite matched the strains of the virus circulating, due to …

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Anchor lead: Different age groups will need different Covid-19 vaccines, Elizabeth Tracey reports Did you know that children, adults, and elderly people all receive flu vaccines based on their age and immune response? The same is very likely to be …

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Anchor lead: Can a mixture of antibodies help our bodies respond to Sars-CoV2? Elizabeth Tracey reports Engineered viruses form the backbone of a few of the Covid-19 vaccines being used and tested around the world, and these vaccines stimulate our …

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Anchor lead: Could some vaccines prompt a broader immune response? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sars-CoV2 vaccines all attempt to stimulate the body to produce antibodies against the virus’s spike protein, used to infect our cells. Yet Andrew Pekosz, a vaccine expert …

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Anchor lead: There are still many steps to getting a Covid-19 vaccine to market, Elizabeth Tracey reports At least three vaccines against Sars-CoV2 are in later stage clinical trials domestically, with another just entering this phase. Andrew Pekosz, a vaccine …

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